Baling-press.



RfL. JOHNSON, 0. R. GOOLSBY 6L J.. N. PHILLIPS BALING PRESS. APPLICATION FILED FEB- 23. IBIS.

Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

LQS, 3226,

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

nU-FUs L. JOHNSON, .oTHo3,.0,001,531'1 AND JOHN N. PHILLIPS; OF EDINBURG- msslssirra. l

BALING'r-PRESS.

To all lwhom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, RUrUs L. JOHNSON, OTHo R. GooLsBY, and JOHN N. PHrLLrPs, citizens of the United States, residing at Edinburg, in the county of Leake and State of Mississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in Baling- Presses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to4 baliI-ig presses, and particularly to that class of baling presses which are equipped with rebounding plungers. The invention has for its object to provide simple .and improved mechanism for actuating the plunger in the projecting or advancing movement thereof, the retract ing movement being caused by an ordinary retracting spring.

A further obj ect of the invention is to produce a simple and limproved plunger actuating mechanism, whereby a plurality of plungers pertaining to a plurality of press boxes may be successively actuated in such a fashion that while the motive power will at no time be subjected to excessive strain there will be no waste of power during the intervals of operation.

A further object of the invention is to simplify and improve the construction of the actuating element or master wheel.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modications within the scope of the claim may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view showing a multiple press including four press boxes, parts of some of which are shown and including four plungers; dotted lines being used to indicate a different relative position of the master wheel and the plungers.

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view of the press.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

Specification ofLetters Patent Patented Apr. 16, 1918..

Application inea February a3, 191e. serial 119.20921.

Referring to Figs.4 1 and 2, itwill be seen that the ibase `B may `be .composed of pair of parallel sills 15", said sills being connected at lintervals vby cross bars L6. The sills VGuides 19 Q20 are mounted on the sills for v the purpose ofl guiding the plunger .stem 21 which is' provided with fa laterally extending arm or bracket 22, the same being `reinforced bya diagonal vbrace The master wheel 24 which 'is mounted for rotation on the spindle 18 is provided with va sweep or lever 25,' a portion of Vwhich .extends diametrically across` the top surface of the wheel, said sweep vbeing reinforced byapair of diagonally disposed .brace members 26. Extending vel'- ytically through each of the braces 26 and through the end of the sweep 25, and also through the thickness of the wheel 24, are pins 28 carrying anti-friction rollers 29, said rollers being obviously disposed at equal intervals about the circumference of the wheel.

When the wheel is revolved by animal or other power applied to the sweep, the rollers 29 will successively engage the lateral arm 22 of the plunger stem 21, which latter will thus be projected against the tension of the retracting spring 30, thus projecting the plunger or follower 31 wit-hin the press box. l/Vhen the roller passes out of engagement with the arm 22, the stem will be retracted by the action of the spring. As long as the master wheel is being rotated the operation will be continued at regular intervals, it being obvious that during the period when the plunger stem is retracted material may be fed to the press in the customary manner.

The head block 17 is mounted at theintersection of the sills in such fashion as to present'four sides or faces, each forming an abutment for the arm 22 of a plunger stem 21. The plunger stems are mounted, guided and actuated in precisely the same manner as hereinbefore described, and the parts are designated by the same numerals. It will be seen that by the operation of the master wheel one plunger will be well advanced before the laterally extending arm 22 of an* other plunger stem is reached by one of the actuating Vrollers, each plunger being suc,

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cessively actuated by each of the anti-friction rollers, thereby causing the strain to be evenly distributed in such a fashion that while no excessive strain is at any time encountered, there will on the other hand be noperiods or intermissions during which the power is not fully utilized. A battery of Y presses may thus be operated in a manner calculated to save time as well as power.

It will be noted that when the plunger or any one ot' the plungers is retracted by the action of its retracting spring, the arm 22 will strikeaiid abut upon one of the sides of the head block which is well calculated to resist the shock without being subjected to excessive vibration. By extending the lever or sweep diametrically across the master wheel and reinforcing it with the diagonal braces, a very durable construction is aftorded and one which is well calculated to resist the strain on the pins carrying the anti-friction rollers whereby the plungers are directly actuated.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

Y In a device of the class described, a base f comprising two pairs of sills crossing each other at right angles and cross bars connectting said sills, a head block mounted at the intersection of the sills having an upwardly extending spindle, said block also having a lower portion which lits between the intersecting sills and in close contact with the same, spring retracted plunger stems guided along the sills and having lateral reinf by Vsaid stems ywill be successively actuated -v against the ltension of their .reti-acting springs.

In testimony whereoi' we atiiX ouil signatures in presence oi' two witnesses.

RUFUS L. JOHNSON. OTH() R. GOOLSBY. JOI-IN N. PHILLPS.

WVitiiesses,

E. N. MOORE, ELIAS W. HOWELL.

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Washington, D. G. 

